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Sharmba Mitchell makes the first defense of his WBA Super Lightweight title against Pedro Saiz on Showtime Boxing. Plus an update on Mike Tyson's legal problems.
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00:00:00April 24th in Las Vegas against an undetermined opponent, rather.
00:00:05Hello again, everybody. I'm Steve Albert.
00:00:07Before we get to the action in the ring, in case you missed it yesterday,
00:00:10another bombshell involving former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
00:00:15A Maryland judge sentenced Tyson to one year in prison for assaulting two motorists in a traffic incident.
00:00:21Now, for the latest on the Tyson situation, we turn to our colleague Jim Gray.
00:00:25Jim?
00:00:26Thank you very much, Steve.
00:00:27Well, the exact sentence was two two-year terms to be served concurrently, with all but one year suspended.
00:00:33In addition, Maryland judge Stephen Johnson fined Tyson $5,000 and ordered him to serve two years probation
00:00:38and 200 hours of community service upon his release.
00:00:42All of this stemming from Tyson's no-contest plea to a second-degree misdemeanor assault of two motorists
00:00:48after what has often been described as a minor traffic incident last August 31st.
00:00:53Now, according to reports by the Associated Press, the New York Times, and others,
00:00:58Tyson's lawyers negotiated a plea agreement with the original prosecutor,
00:01:02a man named Robert Dean, who had agreed to recommend no jail term for Tyson.
00:01:06However, Dean lost to a man named Douglas Gansler in a recent election for county prosecutor,
00:01:11and just three days after taking office,
00:01:13Gansler sent a lengthy memo to the judge requesting incarceration for the ex-champion.
00:01:18Now, according to the New York Times, Tyson's lawyer said that Gansler's request
00:01:22was a betrayal of the agreement that they had with the former prosecutor, Dean.
00:01:26Tonight, Tyson remains behind bars.
00:01:28Now, Showtime has learned and has been informed that appeals are already being filed,
00:01:33and some answers are expected as of Monday morning.
00:01:36Now, Gansler, the prosecutor currently, is also reported by the Las Vegas Sun
00:01:41as having said that Tyson would most likely serve just six to seven months in jail,
00:01:45and now I quote, he will be able to fight again probably before the end of the year,
00:01:51end quote, that from the prosecutor.
00:01:53Now, among the many outstanding questions tonight are, what of Nevada and Indiana?
00:01:57How will the Nevada State Athletic Commission react to this development?
00:02:00And far more significantly for Mike Tyson, the state of Indiana,
00:02:03where he remains on probation for his 1991 conviction.
00:02:08Now, immediately after the sentencing last night, there you see Mike Tyson being escorted out.
00:02:13He was denied bail and taken in handcuffs to the Montgomery County Maryland jail,
00:02:17where he will stay pending an attempt once again at bail
00:02:21and the decisions of his lawyers concerning an appeal.
00:02:25We've seen this scene.
00:02:26It was some eight years ago, Mike Tyson being let out by the sheriff's department
00:02:30into a paddy wagon in handcuffs,
00:02:33and there he goes back to jail, Mike Tyson's people.
00:02:35And, Jim, we should point out that we attempted to interview Tyson's camp
00:02:39and Tyson's legal team, but they declined to be interviewed.
00:02:42I want to ask you, what is the status of his next fight, April the 24th?
00:02:47No opponent name. What's going on there?
00:02:49Well, certainly that is very, very much in the air,
00:02:52and it would be simply speculation on my behalf or anybody's behalf at this point
00:02:55to state whether or not Mike Tyson will make that fight.
00:02:58I would think that it is highly unlikely that April 24th would be any time
00:03:02that Mike Tyson would be fighting.
00:03:04All right, Jim, thanks very much.
00:03:05Thank you, Steve.
00:03:05Talk to you later.
00:03:06Just prior to his comeback fight with Francois Botha,
00:03:09I asked Tyson what it would be like if he had to go back to prison
00:03:13because of the traffic incident in Maryland.
00:03:16I know what it is to have a wife that loves me.
00:03:20I know what it is to have children that I love, and they love me.
00:03:23I met beautiful people.
00:03:25For the first time, I'm happy being in Arizona.
00:03:27I met some beautiful people here.
00:03:29And I've been to prison before, you know what I mean?
00:03:32And I'm a man.
00:03:33So a lot of people go back to prison, you know,
00:03:36as far as me doing the 40 years, 60 years, whatever they plan on,
00:03:38doing, giving me, I can do that, you know what I mean?
00:03:41But I experienced the precious pleasures of life already, you know what I mean?
00:03:46So if I did 100 years, I'm cool.
00:03:49Yes, a bit of dark prophecy from Mike Tyson.
00:03:52It now appears that Tyson will enter his third imposed absence from the ring.
00:03:57How did this brilliant boxing prodigy of the mid-'80s
00:03:59become this ongoing saga of turmoil and tragedy?
00:04:02It seems no matter how much effort, how much time,
00:04:05how much support is invested in this man,
00:04:07and his fate is almost preordained, as if a character in a Greek tragedy.
00:04:12However, few would argue that, in the end,
00:04:14Mike Tyson himself has scripted his own destiny.
00:04:18Now, at this moment, there are many unanswered questions
00:04:20regarding the immediate future of Mike Tyson.
00:04:22It'd be unfair and somewhat irresponsible for us
00:04:25to speculate on the legal issues,
00:04:27but we can certainly address the boxing side.
00:04:29With that, let me bring on my ringside partners.
00:04:31First, the fight doctor, Ferdie Pacheco.
00:04:33And, Ferdie, can Tyson come back if he's out for another year?
00:04:37If he's out for another year, most certainly he can come back.
00:04:40A year is nothing to fight, especially heavyweights,
00:04:43who sometimes take a year between fights.
00:04:45One year is nothing, but four years, that's a different story.
00:04:48So, I think if this is the only thing he's got to worry about,
00:04:51this is a hitch in his career,
00:04:53he can overcome it and pick up where he left off.
00:04:56All right, we'll turn to our other partner here, Bobby Chez.
00:04:59I got to talk to him before the both of the fight.
00:05:00You spoke to him after the both of the fight.
00:05:03What did he have to say?
00:05:04Well, Steve, Mike and I have become well acquainted over the years,
00:05:06over the past 13, 14 years.
00:05:08I talked to him about the fight, congratulated him on his victory,
00:05:10but asked him how he felt.
00:05:11He looked a little rusty,
00:05:13and I told him that I thought maybe more of his mind was that rust,
00:05:16not his body.
00:05:16His body looked okay,
00:05:17but he didn't seem to be thinking quite fight life.
00:05:20And I think some of the things outside the fight game,
00:05:22in his personal life, have gotten to him.
00:05:24He thought his mind wasn't concentrating enough
00:05:25on what was inside the ring, but more outside the ring.
00:05:27This only adds to that.
00:05:29He has a whole lot ahead of him, Steve.
00:05:30And boxing, as you know, has survived in the past without Mike Tyson.
00:05:34What does this mean to the heavyweight division now?
00:05:37Well, Mike Tyson, because of his power and presence,
00:05:39because of his attraction and draw,
00:05:41will always be a factor in the heavyweight division.
00:05:43The formal introductions from our ring announcer,
00:05:45Jimmy Lennon Jr.
00:05:46The days when fighters really got in there and brawled.
00:05:53The late disintegration of this card,
00:05:56Shambay Mitchell versus Pedro Saiz for the WBA super lightweight title.
00:06:01What's the old expression?
00:06:02It only took 10 years to become an overnight success.
00:06:04That undoubtedly applies to Mitchell,
00:06:06who went all the way to France to capture his first world title.
00:06:09Tonight, he defends it in his own backyard.
00:06:12The challenger, relatively unknown southpaw,
00:06:19Pedro Saiz of the Dominican Republic,
00:06:21moved in with his sister in Brooklyn in 1990.
00:06:24Sadly, his sister died of cancer a year and a half later.
00:06:27Impressive amateur credentials, 117 and 17.
00:06:30Former Dominican national champ, 88 Seoul Olympics,
00:06:33but only three fights the last three years.
00:06:36His last bout in August,
00:06:37a draw which bolted him to number 13 in the WBA ratings.
00:06:42You've got to be kidding.
00:06:43He's won two and won his last four.
00:06:45The two losses by TKO.
00:06:47Last win in 96.
00:06:48Last knockout in 95.
00:06:50Hard to find a recognizable name on his record.
00:06:56I've got to ask you one quickie, Ferdy.
00:06:58Aside from the inactivity,
00:06:59this is a 33-year-old journeyman fighting for a title.
00:07:02Basically, this is a glorified sparring session for Mitchell.
00:07:05And it's not a serious challenge.
00:07:08It has to look good, of course,
00:07:09every time you do that, he looks good.
00:07:11But if this guy gives him a big battle,
00:07:12it'll be a surprise to me.
00:07:14All right, let's take a look now at the champion,
00:07:18hometown favorite, Shambay Mitchell,
00:07:19also a southpaw, put on a boxing clinic
00:07:21and taking the belt from Khaled Rahilou in Paris in October.
00:07:24A surgical-like performance.
00:07:26Waited 10 long years for the shot.
00:07:28Known primarily for his technical prowess, his speed,
00:07:30but he did deck Rahilou four times.
00:07:33Told us his strength is increasing with age.
00:07:34Bobby, he was extremely hungry,
00:07:37very focused in his fight for the title.
00:07:38Now he's the champion.
00:07:40Just for argument's sake,
00:07:41is there an iota of concern for a letdown,
00:07:44even with the lesser opponent,
00:07:46plus for the distraction of fighting at home?
00:07:47Well, Steve, I think certainly his anxiety
00:07:49is not quite what it was pre-fight time with Rahilou
00:07:53because that was a challenge of turning into champion.
00:07:55But he's in front of his hometown.
00:07:56The pressure is always on the champion to keep his belt.
00:07:59And sometimes that emotional letdown
00:08:00leads to a physical letdown in the gym.
00:08:02And that's when upsets happen.
00:08:03I think he's waited too long.
00:08:05I think he's ready.
00:08:05And he's focused.
00:08:06That might be Saez's only chance.
00:08:09Let's size him up as we go to the tail of the tape.
00:08:11Mitchell, five years younger than Saez.
00:08:13Saez insists he's 31.
00:08:15I've tried that a few times myself.
00:08:17The height is even,
00:08:18although Saez looks shorter than Mitchell,
00:08:21both at the 140 weight limit
00:08:22and the one-and-a-half-inch reach advantage for Saez.
00:08:24Saez, key rules.
00:08:26No standing eight count,
00:08:27no three-knockdown rule.
00:08:28A fighter cannot be saved by the belt in any round.
00:08:31If an accidental headbutt occurs
00:08:33before the end of the fourth round,
00:08:35it's a technical draw.
00:08:36If it happens after the end of round four,
00:08:38they go to the scorecards.
00:08:40So here at the Washington Convention Center,
00:08:42closing in on the WBA Super Lightweight Championship,
00:08:45Mitchell and Saez,
00:08:46the formal introductions
00:08:47from our ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr.
00:08:49Ladies and gentlemen,
00:08:56a very good evening to you.
00:08:57Ladies and gentlemen,
00:08:58a very good evening to you,
00:08:59and we welcome you
00:09:00to the Washington Convention Center
00:09:02here in our beautiful nation's capital
00:09:04of Washington, D.C.,
00:09:06as we have a big night of action in store for you,
00:09:09and it's all brought to you
00:09:10by Don Geek Production
00:09:12and Showtime Championship Boxing.
00:09:16At this time,
00:09:17we present a world championship attraction
00:09:19coming your way.
00:09:20It is sanctioned by
00:09:21the World Boxing Association,
00:09:23the President Huberto Mendoza,
00:09:25Supervisor in Attendance,
00:09:26York Van Nixon,
00:09:28along with the Washington, D.C. Boxing Commission.
00:09:32Introducing to you now
00:09:33our judges scoring this bout
00:09:35from ringside,
00:09:36from Washington, D.C.,
00:09:38Paul Artiste,
00:09:39from Nova Scotia,
00:09:41Hubert Earle,
00:09:42and from Amsterdam,
00:09:44Hank Mayers.
00:09:46Introducing at this time
00:09:47a referee in charge of this bout.
00:09:48He'll be giving instructions
00:09:50after the introductions,
00:09:51Kenny Chevalier.
00:09:54Right, fans,
00:09:55here we go.
00:09:57Twelve rounds of boxing
00:09:58for the WBA Super Lightweight
00:10:00Championship of the World.
00:10:04Introducing to you first
00:10:05the challenger on my left,
00:10:07fighting out of the blue corner,
00:10:09wearing white trunks
00:10:10with purple trim,
00:10:11originally from Santo Domingo
00:10:13in the Dominican Republic,
00:10:14now fighting out of New York City.
00:10:17He weighed in
00:10:18at the super lightweight limit
00:10:20of 140 pounds even,
00:10:22with a record of 23 wins,
00:10:24four losses,
00:10:25and three draws.
00:10:26He has 16 wins
00:10:27coming by way of knockout.
00:10:29Please welcome tonight's challenger,
00:10:31introducing
00:10:32Pedro Saiz.
00:10:35and his opponent across the ring,
00:10:41presenting the defending champion
00:10:43on my right,
00:10:44fighting out of the red corner,
00:10:46wearing multicolor trucks
00:10:48made of the flags
00:10:49of Maryland
00:10:50and Washington,
00:10:52D.C.
00:10:52He is fighting out of
00:10:54Tacoma Park, Maryland,
00:10:56by way of his home
00:10:57of Washington, D.C.
00:10:59He weighed in the same
00:11:00as his opponent,
00:11:00140 pounds even.
00:11:03His record stands
00:11:03at 43 wins,
00:11:05two losses,
00:11:06with 29 wins
00:11:07coming by way of knockout.
00:11:09Tonight,
00:11:10he is making the first title defense.
00:11:12Please welcome
00:11:12the defending WBA
00:11:14Super Lightweight Champion
00:11:16of the World,
00:11:17known as
00:11:18the little big man
00:11:19Chambay Mitchell.
00:11:29Once again,
00:11:30a referee in charge,
00:11:31Kenny Chevalier,
00:11:32now to give instructions
00:11:3312 rounds
00:11:34of championship
00:11:34boxing schedule.
00:11:38All right,
00:11:38look here, men.
00:11:39This is a championship
00:11:40blubber you on.
00:11:41Both you fighters
00:11:42are seasoned professionals,
00:11:43and that's the way
00:11:44I expect you to carry yourself
00:11:45in this fight.
00:11:46I've gone over
00:11:47the instructions
00:11:47in your dressing room,
00:11:48and then get in the corners.
00:11:49You know what I expect.
00:11:50This is for the WBA
00:11:51championship of the world.
00:11:53Enough saying.
00:11:54Let's touch it up
00:11:54and do this.
00:12:00Final instructions
00:12:01from Kenny Chevalier
00:12:02out of Bowie, Maryland.
00:12:03Chambay Mitchell
00:12:04from nearby Tacoma Park, Maryland.
00:12:0715-0 with 12 knockouts
00:12:08here in the D.C. area.
00:12:09His last fight
00:12:10in this locale
00:12:11in 96.
00:12:12First round knockout.
00:12:13And veteran Pedro Saiz,
00:12:15his last loss,
00:12:16May of 97,
00:12:18versus his biggest
00:12:19name opponent,
00:12:19then number six rated,
00:12:21Vernon Forrest,
00:12:21a tall six-foot junior
00:12:23welterweight.
00:12:23Saiz really took a pummeling,
00:12:25dominated by the quicker
00:12:26and stronger Forrest.
00:12:29This is the first
00:12:29fight here in the D.C. area
00:12:31as world champion
00:12:32for Chambay Mitchell.
00:12:34Here we go.
00:12:34He told us he's
00:12:35dedicating this fight
00:12:36to a stable mate,
00:12:37William Joppy,
00:12:37recently injured
00:12:38in a car accident.
00:12:39He sat down yesterday
00:12:42with a much more relaxed
00:12:44yet still focused
00:12:45Chambay Mitchell
00:12:46in contrast to Paris
00:12:47prior to the Rahilu fight.
00:12:50Understandably,
00:12:51a little more tense.
00:12:52You are known as
00:12:54rather a stylish dresser.
00:12:55You have to admit,
00:12:56Chambay's got it all over
00:12:57size and style.
00:12:59Isn't that strange?
00:13:00Is that something
00:13:01completely different
00:13:02you've ever seen?
00:13:03Bobby,
00:13:03have you ever seen
00:13:03anything like this?
00:13:04It's like a window shape.
00:13:05It's Camacho-esque.
00:13:06Yes, right.
00:13:07Hector,
00:13:08Hesker's invaded
00:13:09our subconscious.
00:13:10Somewhere in
00:13:11Macho Camacho's closet
00:13:12is a missing pair of trunks.
00:13:19I'll tell you what,
00:13:20Zahe's just got rocked
00:13:21a little bit
00:13:22by a right hook
00:13:22from the champion.
00:13:24And Mitchell came out,
00:13:25he's thrown into town.
00:13:26He's not just going to box
00:13:27the field's way around.
00:13:28He wants to make a statement.
00:13:29I believe he wants
00:13:30to make it early
00:13:30in front of the hometown crowd.
00:13:32And he realizes
00:13:33as champion now,
00:13:34expectations are higher.
00:13:35He has to win fights
00:13:36like tonight decisively.
00:13:38He said he doesn't
00:13:39want to leave it
00:13:40to the judges.
00:13:41He's looking for the knockout.
00:13:42But he's in no hurry.
00:13:44At least he told us
00:13:45he wants to feel
00:13:46Saiz out in the first round
00:13:47but looks to win
00:13:48by outboxing him.
00:13:50Also, Zahe says,
00:13:51this guy comes out
00:13:51in the first four rounds
00:13:53to knock you out.
00:13:54After that,
00:13:54it settles down to a fight.
00:13:56In other words,
00:13:56I'm going to last four rounds
00:13:57and then we're going to see.
00:13:59Well, he may not last four rounds.
00:14:01Well, certainly he's not
00:14:01a mover for these.
00:14:02Zahe's is, you know,
00:14:03a shorter fighter,
00:14:04not real long arms.
00:14:05Or he just walked
00:14:06into a straight left hand
00:14:07from Mitchell.
00:14:08Mitchell, a southpaw,
00:14:09says he spars
00:14:10with southpaws all the time,
00:14:11likes to fight lefties,
00:14:12can use more tricks
00:14:13like switching,
00:14:15feels it's easier
00:14:15to draw another southpaw in.
00:14:18Saiz says his best punches
00:14:20are the left uppercut,
00:14:21the right hook,
00:14:21and the straight left.
00:14:22Pretty much covers it.
00:14:24It's like saying
00:14:25your best pitch
00:14:25is the fastball,
00:14:26the curve,
00:14:27the slur,
00:14:27the slider,
00:14:27the changeup
00:14:28of the knuckleball.
00:14:30Nothing left.
00:14:34Charmaine Mitchell
00:14:35right now
00:14:35is teeing off.
00:14:36He's sitting
00:14:36down on his punches
00:14:37and he's loading up
00:14:38some big bombs.
00:14:39He walked in
00:14:40with a nice shot,
00:14:40showed a good chin.
00:14:46Mitchell always looking
00:14:48to improve his power,
00:14:49throwing more
00:14:50with his shoulders,
00:14:51sitting on his punches
00:14:52rather than throwing
00:14:53off his dancing
00:14:53more leverage
00:14:55these days.
00:14:59Oh, nice body shot.
00:15:01Oh, that just
00:15:02bounced right off his head.
00:15:05Soundbate throwing
00:15:05a very, very powerful hook.
00:15:07There it is again.
00:15:08You see it's a round
00:15:09out from left hook
00:15:10to the side
00:15:11and he means to hurt
00:15:12with that punch.
00:15:13Yeah, that's one
00:15:14where you're really
00:15:14hacking the tree down
00:15:15with that one.
00:15:18I think Zayas
00:15:19has felt his power now.
00:15:21He realizes
00:15:21he's in where
00:15:22the guy can bang.
00:15:23I've seen tapes
00:15:26of Zayas
00:15:27in the past
00:15:28patient waits
00:15:28for the opening,
00:15:29fights bravely,
00:15:30has the will,
00:15:31but the skill differential
00:15:32of course the issue.
00:15:33Keep it working like that.
00:15:35Keep it working like that
00:15:36every time.
00:15:37Every time.
00:15:38Every time.
00:15:41How you doing?
00:15:42I'm looking
00:15:43when I'm looking
00:15:43when I'm looking
00:15:44when I'm looking
00:15:44when I'm looking
00:15:46when I'm looking
00:15:46slide around.
00:15:47Let's get right there
00:15:48for him, okay?
00:15:48Yeah, I'm right here.
00:15:49Get your head right this way.
00:15:51You don't like it
00:15:51by the time.
00:15:52You don't like it
00:15:53by the time.
00:15:55Spit buckling.
00:15:57Spit buckling.
00:15:58You don't like it
00:15:58by the time, okay?
00:16:00Here.
00:16:02There you go,
00:16:02Mark.
00:16:03I'm not here spit.
00:16:09All right?
00:16:10All right.
00:16:10Keep doing what you're doing.
00:16:11Keep that pump.
00:16:12Keep right up
00:16:12with that there.
00:16:13Speed, speed.
00:16:14I got some time
00:16:15I'm going to wipe that out.
00:16:16Here, take this down here.
00:16:17Don't kick it out much.
00:16:19All right?
00:16:20Keep on.
00:16:29Chambay Mitchell,
00:16:29a polished,
00:16:30experienced,
00:16:32sharp, slick,
00:16:33fast technician.
00:16:35I think the class
00:16:36of the 140-pound
00:16:37weight division
00:16:38Great my question
00:16:40Well, I'll tell him in films would be a heck of a real heck of a match
00:16:43Vince Phillips will be fighting number one contender to Ron Millett on February the 20th
00:16:49Mitchell knocked out Millett in the first round
00:16:53Back in was a 1995 of the shotters come out car
00:16:57Nice educated jab by a chamber to set the page for round two
00:17:03Nice right Jeff pop pop pop
00:17:08Even though shambay Mitchell took this spot on two-inch notice with choppy and then Sharifi homes out
00:17:14He says he's always in the gym ready to go. He feels good
00:17:19He wants to stay at 140 wants to unify
00:17:23Talked a little bit about Zab Judah. We saw him on the
00:17:26The Tyson both the cars said he's good, but not fit not enough experience
00:17:31But when he gets it, it's gonna be some fight and we fight this guy like that Zab Judah
00:17:36He really impressed me in that fight. He doesn't have enough experience yet, but he's getting another softball young gun with speed and power
00:17:43Right now he's working a little more on getting out of harm's way blocking out more shots and getting first round
00:17:48He's landed a couple of his own but Charm be too busy to active
00:17:53Try he's looking up with a nice left hand
00:17:54So he's told us he feels Mitchell is very strong from rounds one through four but gets weaker after that and doesn't have the ability to knock you out
00:18:10Come on
00:18:12Mitchell's forty three and two a twenty-nine knockout nice overhand left right there by Zayis
00:18:19He's Sean be square in the jaw shook it off pretty well
00:18:24Twenty three and four and three with sixteen knockouts his first world title fight
00:18:32Wild swing and a miss there by Zayis who is not embarrassing himself. He's a tough journeyman. He's been around
00:18:38He's just been very inactive the last three or four years
00:18:42citing promotional problems and difficulty and getting opponents because he's a southpaw
00:18:49Smacking left up there by Zayis, but Mitchell showing a good chin
00:18:53And coming back with a punch of his own. I don't think he's being wildly outclassed. He's not in the same classes though
00:19:00As Chandra Mitchell Mitchell's doing what he needs to do to win these rounds and chop him down a little bit
00:19:05Beautiful right hook to the back of Zayis and that backs Zayis up. There's a left hook that got in there. That came out of nowhere. What an angle
00:19:2810!
00:19:29I don't know
00:19:3611
00:19:38What an angle of a picture that?
00:19:4010, Max
00:19:4110, Max
00:19:4710, Max
00:19:4810, Max
00:19:4912, Max
00:19:5112, Max
00:19:5213, Max
00:19:5513, Max
00:19:5613, Max
00:19:58And now you'll see one of them there. It is right on the job
00:20:04But you see how can they just turn with it and let it go Bobby. Take a look at the second
00:20:09Later around Mitchell comes inside and works nice combination to see under and over shot to the body and to the chin and
00:20:15Follows up missing a couple on the way out, but I'm back. No punches but just getting the numbers down
00:20:22Look a little like your shoeshine
00:20:28I
00:20:30Pedro say is
00:20:32Former sparring partner for Wilfredo Rivera Oscar de la Hoya got Oscar ready for Whittaker plus Felix Trinidad and Junior Jones
00:20:41Started boxing when he was 14 in his hometown of La Romana to make in the Republic
00:20:45Now living in Washington Heights in New York
00:20:49Bought a movement from the champion Shambay Mitchell
00:20:58The point jab looking to set up the left
00:21:03By Shambay Mitchell
00:21:10Pace is slowed down a little bit both men relegated to just using the jabs and feelers
00:21:15He's doing much better than I anticipated him doing much much better. It's a course the closer than it looked at the first two rounds
00:21:31But here comes Mitchell
00:21:33Sean Bay with a quadruple right walk
00:21:35Working to the body into the chin
00:21:37That's how he's on his heels, but didn't really hurt him that bad
00:21:46Mitchell's punches very accurate
00:21:51Difficult to counter punch off blows that hit you scarily you want to counter off a miss
00:21:55That's fun when you're getting hit
00:21:58And what makes Mitchell so effective is his quickness as well
00:22:01And he moves his hand he's moving his feet he's doing a beautiful job boxing camera Mitchell looking very good
00:22:10That quickness uh an integral part of
00:22:14Boxing look at this exchange and that won't send saiz back
00:22:19Quickness often overlooked in the sport
00:22:21Well, let's face it. The object is to hit and not get him to get off first
00:22:25Tom Ray Mitchell just got hit real hard
00:22:27He hit Shambay
00:22:28He hit Shambay
00:22:28He hit Shambay
00:22:29He hit the right hook to the body
00:22:30Shambay Mitchell collapsed
00:22:32And he held on
00:22:33Well, Shambay Mitchell looking to avoid
00:22:36A major embarrassment
00:22:38Well, that would be one but boy he got hit hard
00:22:41Here's a low blow by Saeed
00:22:45The caution by Ken Chevalier
00:22:47Let's go come on
00:22:48Mitchell takes a big deep breath and heads back to the center of the ring
00:22:53And he's getting tagged repeatedly by the veteran Pedro Saeed
00:22:57Oh, so he's just walked right in the way
00:23:04And that left hook just missed by Mitchell
00:23:13Mitchell has to be careful though somewhat because he's leaving himself open after he throws
00:23:17Not a great round for the champion
00:23:34Not a great round for the champion
00:23:36Put his hands down
00:23:36Put your hands down
00:23:36Put your hands down
00:23:37Put your hands down
00:23:39You mean you're doing too much
00:23:40You mean you're doing too much
00:23:41You mean you're doing too much
00:23:41Okay
00:23:41Take your
00:23:42Take your
00:23:42Wait on your
00:23:43Charmay Mitchell here on your left
00:23:44He is a southpaw as is
00:23:46Zayi
00:23:47So they hook with the right hands
00:23:49Charmay Mitchell comes in
00:23:50Throws hooks to the body
00:23:51Comes with hooks to the head
00:23:53Follows up
00:23:53And throws some more
00:23:55As we roll the tape
00:23:56He's so sharp with that side
00:23:57He's educated
00:23:58There's one to the head
00:23:59He throws another one to the head
00:24:01That's three to the head
00:24:02And he's still
00:24:03I mean he's just
00:24:04One after another
00:24:05Sometimes you double it up
00:24:06Sometimes you triple it up
00:24:07He quite dribbled it out
00:24:09Okay
00:24:10All right
00:24:12Breathe easy round for him
00:24:14Get his head down
00:24:14Bring him up a couple of years
00:24:15Bring his head up
00:24:17Keep your hands up
00:24:21Sit there Pedro
00:24:24Back up
00:24:24Back up
00:24:25Back up
00:24:30Both guys
00:24:32Yeah
00:24:33Comes right up
00:24:34Both guys fired at the same time
00:24:36That was nice
00:24:37You got to believe that Zayi believes
00:24:38That after the fourth round
00:24:39The fight's his
00:24:40Because he's putting all the pressure
00:24:41Ken on his first
00:24:43Three four rounds
00:24:44To see if he can get Charmay tired
00:24:45And as he says
00:24:46Spent
00:24:47We'll see
00:24:48He said that's part of his strategy
00:24:50The fans watching on television
00:24:53Have Mitchell thrown a shutout
00:24:55I do the same
00:24:56Nice nice right hand by Mitchell
00:25:00Zayi's is showing an excellent chin
00:25:02Right hooks are bouncing off his chin
00:25:03Soaring straight and over and left
00:25:05He is showing a good chin
00:25:07And a desire to fight
00:25:08Because he's standing right in front of him
00:25:09He's not you know
00:25:11Whistling around all over the the ring
00:25:12Trying to avoid him
00:25:13He's standing right there
00:25:13Looking to get his shot in
00:25:15He's got to be earning the respect
00:25:17Of the champion
00:25:18Sean Ben Mitchell
00:25:20Even though Mitchell is
00:25:23Convincingly
00:25:23I'll tell you earlier in the third round
00:25:25Was very subtle
00:25:25But he hurt Charmay to the body
00:25:27With a right hook to the body
00:25:28It was a good shot
00:25:29And you could see
00:25:30Charmay just collapsed a bit on that side
00:25:31And I think the shot bothered him
00:25:33But he shook it off
00:25:34And went about a business
00:25:35And went back to work
00:25:36But for about 10 seconds there
00:25:37He was holding on like
00:25:38Let me get my breath back here
00:25:40Wasn't quite enough
00:25:42Those body shots take a lot out of him
00:25:46Oh Saiz with a smacking straight left
00:25:48That nailed
00:25:50Mitchell on the right jaw
00:25:52That one landed flush
00:25:56Saiz is using a pretty good jab himself
00:25:59Not as quick
00:26:00Not as educated
00:26:01As we jokingly say
00:26:02He's got an educated left hand
00:26:03For an orthodox fighters
00:26:04Mitchell has an educated right hand
00:26:06There's another left hook followed up by a straight right
00:26:09By Saiz landing with a one-two combination
00:26:15A thumping right hand by Mitchell
00:26:18And it's got Saiz struggling up against the ropes
00:26:22Mitchell leapt
00:26:22I mean he leapt in with that shot
00:26:24He bent his legs and jumped in at that right hook
00:26:26And Saiz took it squarely on the chain
00:26:29Another hook right off the chain
00:26:31But Saiz a battler
00:26:33Well he got off the ropes
00:26:35And now he got himself off the ropes
00:26:37He fought his way out
00:26:38But he's getting nailed in the face
00:26:40Saiz eating a lot of leather
00:26:44Taking a lot of punishment here
00:26:47Well he may be a journeyman fighter
00:26:48But he's certainly a gutsy guy
00:26:54I don't think that's unfair
00:26:55To call him a journeyman fighter
00:26:57He is a good fighter
00:26:57He's not a journeyman fighter
00:26:59An ordinary fighter
00:27:01Well when you look at his ring record
00:27:03It certainly
00:27:05Screams out the word journeyman
00:27:07But he's uh
00:27:08Giving a good account of himself here
00:27:09It certainly is
00:27:11He's rising above the expectations
00:27:18I certainly didn't expect Sean Bay
00:27:19Mitchell to have this much struggle with him here
00:27:21I thought he'd just walk right through
00:27:22Well Sean Bay's funny sometimes
00:27:23You know there'll be times where
00:27:25He just takes a guy right out
00:27:28Very exciting
00:27:28Then it takes time for him to
00:27:30To get heated up
00:27:31Well that was round four
00:27:32Let's see if the prediction comes true
00:27:36Here you go Matt
00:27:39Matt here you go
00:27:45Charmaine Mitchell likes to use his jab
00:27:47He sticks it out there pretty quick
00:27:48One two
00:27:49As he's stepping forward and closing the gap
00:27:51And then as he gets
00:27:52Zayi back through
00:27:53He bends his legs
00:27:55And he steps in
00:27:56He actually jumps in
00:27:57You'll see in a moment
00:27:58He leaps in
00:27:59Freeze it there
00:28:00Now he's going to come in
00:28:01He's going to step to him
00:28:02He's going to bend these legs
00:28:03And he's going to cock
00:28:05His right hand and whip a right hook
00:28:07As we let it go
00:28:08And he's going to whip a right hook
00:28:10And you'll see him bend all the way down
00:28:11He bends
00:28:12And he unloads that shot
00:28:13And he lands it clean
00:28:14But Zayi's still there
00:28:17And fighting back
00:28:19That's the type of shot
00:28:20You're never supposed to get hit
00:28:21With one that's that obvious
00:28:22All right stay back Pedro
00:28:23Get back get back
00:28:24Well that was loaded up
00:28:24He illustrated it beautifully
00:28:26Because you could see exactly where you drew it
00:28:28Is exactly where it went
00:28:30What a shot
00:28:31And round number five
00:28:33Scheduled for 12
00:28:34For the WBA Super Lightweight Championship
00:28:38So he's ran into some difficulty
00:28:39Halfway through round four
00:28:41When he was backed up into the rope
00:28:42But to close the round
00:28:43Still bouncing up on his toes
00:28:45He's a gamer
00:28:47There's a straight right hand
00:28:48That got through the gloves of Mitchell
00:28:49By Zayi's right on the chin
00:28:54Here's another good straight right
00:28:55That was blocked
00:28:56There's a good straight right hand
00:28:58By Zayi's he's landing
00:28:59Right on the face of Mitchell
00:29:08Mitchell looking to come from underneath
00:29:09Oh what a sparking
00:29:13Great look by Zayi's
00:29:15And quite a chin
00:29:16By Mitchell
00:29:16And look
00:29:17It looks flashy
00:29:20Well that was flush
00:29:22On the face of Mitchell
00:29:23That's angered the champion
00:29:24As he comes back
00:29:25Zayi sat on him
00:29:26Waited on him
00:29:27Waited on him
00:29:27Quote his timing
00:29:28And landed perfectly
00:29:30No no no
00:29:30That's a slide
00:29:31No no no no
00:29:32That's a slide
00:29:34Oh no
00:29:34He slid on that bumper
00:29:36Six
00:29:37Seven
00:29:38Yeah I didn't see that
00:29:39As a result of a punch
00:29:40He slid on a bumper
00:29:41Stepped on a bumper
00:29:43His boot was on a bumper
00:29:44You'll see it
00:29:45If he catch it in replay
00:29:47I'm sure
00:29:48That will be quite evident
00:29:50May not make a difference
00:29:52May not make a difference to the end
00:29:53The outcome in this fight
00:29:54At this time
00:29:56Certainly not going to affect
00:29:57The scoring too much
00:29:58No
00:29:58Zayi's
00:29:59As game as he's been
00:30:00He has not went around
00:30:01But it's just unfortunate to have a knockdown put on
00:30:03Oh that's a hard one
00:30:06But surprisingly
00:30:07Zayi's getting through and landing some effective punches
00:30:11Down he goes again
00:30:12This time it's not being rolled a knockdown
00:30:14Zayi's getting frustrated too
00:30:18He's getting many things to the core
00:30:19The most knockdown
00:30:24Beautiful left hook followed up by a flower by Mitchell
00:30:27And Zayi's able to go back again
00:30:32There's a lot of heart
00:30:33He really doesn't
00:30:34You can see some of those shots really hurting
00:30:36The pain in his face
00:30:37But he is
00:30:37He's reeling off the ropes
00:30:39Using the ropes as a springboard and firing back
00:30:41John Bray Mitchell is in a serious attack
00:30:44I mean that was a serious series of both
00:30:47It's as if a light went off and Mitchell's head said
00:30:49Hey what's going on here
00:30:50Let's get this thing over
00:30:52What's happening here
00:30:53Oh there's another straight left hand
00:30:55That tags Mitchell right on the nose
00:30:59Mitchell is moving his head but still it looks so good
00:31:02It's so flashy
00:31:04Watch the kidney shots
00:31:05Says Ken Chevalier to the champion Mitchell
00:31:09Mitchell's getting frustrated
00:31:11Good head movement there by Saiz to elude that left hand
00:31:19Final seconds of round five
00:31:20John Bray leaping around with those punches
00:31:23He's got a lot of energy I'll say that for him
00:31:26He is in exquisite condition as he always is
00:31:29So he is going to the wrong quarter
00:31:33He went to the neutral corner
00:31:34You gotta be faster
00:31:35You gotta be faster
00:31:40Get the intro
00:31:40Let's take a look at that really really flashy punch out in the middle
00:31:48Look at that and see the way that Mitchell turns around makes it even more important
00:31:52Makes it look like wow this guy spun me around
00:31:56Bobby let's take a look
00:31:57Keep keep keep your eye on the bottom
00:31:59Watch his back foot it just kind of slips as he gets up against the rope
00:32:02He steps on one of the cushions there you see the bumper
00:32:05There it is
00:32:05He steps on right there it's clear he stepped on his foot slid out from under him
00:32:09All we do is put his hands up to protect himself
00:32:12All right let's take a look at the slip slip is even worse than that
00:32:15It's just nothing i mean see that i mean it's just as if he's pushed that
00:32:19It's not really a slip it's a push down the back of the head which is illegal
00:32:22And which he got uh worn for and he's just getting worn right now for kidney shots
00:32:29Kenny chevalier
00:32:32Did not see saiz step on the ring back and slip at the 110 mark of round five a very eventful round
00:32:39There are only two of those kinds of mats which have ads on them
00:32:42You know i wonder in the rule books from the sanctioning bodies that if someone were to slip
00:32:46Clearly by a judge and the referee calls a knockdown by accident if someone addresses it not that i want to open up that can't work
00:32:53Let's not let's let's look at this nice little fight we got going here
00:32:56We thought we were going to have a march to a quick end and instead we got us a nice little fight going
00:33:03You mean you want to add another problem another bit of controversy to this sport
00:33:09Round six
00:33:12Goodie veteran pedro saiz in the white with the purple trim hanging tough against the champion shambay mitchell
00:33:21Who's winning every round but every once in a while runs into trouble
00:33:28How about the unofficial uh scorecards at this point
00:33:31Basically i just had a straight shutout yeah i haven't seen exactly five points 50 to 45
00:33:37It's a straight thing even that last one i was merciful and gave him a 10-9 because i don't believe he was knocked down i wouldn't give him a 10-8 off
00:33:43i did the same thing
00:33:44There's a limit to injustice in this world and we have to correct it here at showtime there he just saw shambay mitchell turn his head without a punch coming
00:33:54Anticipating an overhand left from his eyes he turned his head off but the left hand never came
00:34:02Oh straight left hand by shambay mitchell that connected all the way down to the turn's feet he heard it well
00:34:11And he goes down probably from sensual effect there from that previous punch alone he dragged down no no no
00:34:17Hey hey hey hey you guys give low blows not a knockdown
00:34:20Hey he gave a very nasty sign to the thing yeah yeah he just gave us some sign language and we all know what it meant to the studio
00:34:26Knocked down keeper
00:34:27And he's right i mean god is i mean the guy is being forced down and he's already counting come on
00:34:34He may not be too energetic there for me
00:34:44The best way to beat shambay mitchell is to punch in combinations but he's so quick he's good defensively and
00:34:51Illusion it's it's hard to get inside well he's going side to side he's using his his by his legs very very well
00:34:58And he's moving his hand he he bombs he gets it down he gets it up he gets it sideways it's hard to pass
00:35:03Chambay mitchell it's hard basically one punch won't get it done against shambay i saw lavander johnson beat shambay
00:35:10And lavander had a whole lot that day
00:35:12I don't believe the ability levels lie anywhere near that for saiz johnson lavander the only person to
00:35:19floor shambay mitchell back in 94. that was another kidney shot that's about the third time he's worn them
00:35:27this is that is the bell sound
00:35:32and around six
00:35:39okay
00:35:49let's take a look at that big uppercut by mitchell that that's here he comes whoa see that will get
00:36:02you in trouble every time he fell back but bobby now we're gonna see those kidney punches hip punches
00:36:11the things that he's getting worn for he's coming all the way around that was almost uh on his rear end
00:36:15he's that was a big back side shot well you know bobby both of them were moving in that direction
00:36:21it's like it's not like you intentionally punched there one guy going one way the other guy's spending the other
00:36:26get back pedro get back pedro he's eager
00:36:29well a lot of folks probably wondering how this fight got this far round seven mitchell has not even
00:36:35been close to being on the campus saiz uh down once at the 110 mark of round five which was actually a slip
00:36:41i'm surprised through some of the punishment that he has hit the deck yes because he has been oh no
00:36:49he has been hammered very very well and it's taken it well si is that if you watch closely
00:36:53charmaine mitchell turns his head with those punches a lot too just to lessen the severity of
00:36:57combination by mitchell the left hand got through
00:37:02there's the online scoring
00:37:04similar to what uh 30 and bobby had mitchell up 5-1 somebody gives eyes around though i mean
00:37:12he did better in one of the rounds than some of the others it was round four apparently i didn't
00:37:16think he did enough to win it clearly
00:37:23mitchell has that look of exasperation and frustration on his face
00:37:27well he wanted to show his friends that he was flashing
00:37:36oh wow
00:37:39that's a thundering shot oh boy this is going to be profitable here's the story now
00:37:44a fighter hit below the belt and can't continue within five minutes he loses
00:37:50he's got five minutes okay and then you got to suck it up and come on back jevalier is explaining that to
00:37:56him he said you've got five minutes and you have to suck it up and come on back i would have said call
00:38:00me at four and a half i'm gonna wake up at 4.50 that was a hell of a shadow too see because the guy
00:38:07the most natural thing is the ability to want to come back and fight and he starts before
00:38:11so you should take the full five take the five minutes take your time tell him how much is left
00:38:19oh man he is in pain way south of the corner
00:38:23and mitchell just trying to shake it off
00:38:30even with the cup nothing doing now there are a lot of times when you get hit directly in the cup
00:38:36will cushion it such that the flow is almost meaningless and there are other times that
00:38:40you could get pinched the wrong way that it'd be impossible to even stand up and speak
00:38:44no no no he says to his corner he's all right what's over jeff termosia you ready and marvin
00:39:00shims and he didn't need the full five minutes to recover and he wants to get it
00:39:13the cloud into it wow look at the attack he's moment i'll tell you what he's upset but he shouldn't
00:39:25make a mistake here to be over anxious to make a point and walk into a wide shot this is just plain old
00:39:31vengeance he was down a minute 20 as a result of the low blow and he comes back furiously and zayas took it
00:39:38well but back on saiz with a gripping right hook there zayas took a lot of thundering shots right on
00:39:45his head and he took it well what what what a chin on zaiz a lot of heart a good chin
00:39:50i guess he got that out of his system and now he goes back to box i mean you know you don't you
00:39:58don't want to get run run out of gas here and uh every once in a while he opens himself up
00:40:04come on to a shot from saiz he's been careless shambay mitchell in the froze
00:40:11this is not a no-frills fighter
00:40:20here's that looks good when the fighters do that but to me that's just wasting a lot of energy not
00:40:24being very effective that's shades of willy pastrano and we really did it because he was scared
00:40:29he could pop off that jumping around like that and get points
00:40:33willy pastrano is a very very fine defensive fighter
00:40:36that's mitchell really overdoing it here he wants to entertain the fans showcase his
00:40:43quickness his speed and if you're switching now he's orthodox he said he'd do this he did this
00:40:48against rahilou when he won the title another blow blow by saiz that time they let it go you gotta watch
00:40:56get him no more blow
00:41:05right here right here we're fading and fading through the level
00:41:09fading through the level okay all right let's take a a view of that crunching blow
00:41:16that landed and look at that that's as low as hard and as devastating a punch as you can get that low
00:41:23that is a disaster another look at it whenever the blow comes up it hits the cup and it's on its way
00:41:30up you know he's a whole lot of trouble that that is on its way up that is an uppercut gone astray
00:41:35and uh i'm sure you gotta get that felt that we'll remember that one tomorrow
00:41:39that's the voice of kenny chevalier the third man of the ring warning uh saiz uh saiz doesn't speak
00:42:01much english but he does speak boxing i got a pretty good understanding that he understood that yeah
00:42:12so he's uh may have been retaliating the shots on the hip maybe intentional i don't think so i
00:42:18i don't think that that kind of punch is it's just slipped i mean i don't think anybody throws it
00:42:23kind of unless you're back to the days of the 30s or 40s where you didn't attention
00:42:28or your uh semi uh non-compass menace like andrew galah who does crazy things but this is not that
00:42:37well we don't really know
00:42:41first time we're seeing them oh there's a straight left hand right on the jaw by saiz
00:42:48saiz showed a nice double jab before that rocked on one of shambay's shots and fired a nice straight
00:42:53left hand over the jab still punching pretty crisply
00:42:58but it's one and done for saiz and that's not going to get the job done against mitchell
00:43:02that's the problem he's only from one one two never really three four and five
00:43:06he needs to throw two follow up with two three more and follow up again the problem is a lot of that
00:43:11problem is shambay he's not there for he's gone when you've gone him once he's already moving
00:43:17see look how he moves as soon as that butt struck he's like he's on his horse
00:43:21oh nice right hand i want that left hand nice left his other right kick he turned around on me
00:43:29past the midway point of round eight so he's with a right uppercut so he says this is where
00:43:36mitchell gets tired and weakens and cannot score the knockout
00:43:40but how much abuse he's taken over the first seven might uh dictate what he has or has not
00:43:46got left in his tank as well mitchell's two losses in consecutive fashion in 94 to lavander johnson and
00:43:52stevie johnson he probably would have gotten his first title shot back then
00:43:57except for those two losses against quality opponents
00:44:01mitchell's a quality fighter who's really had to wait a long time and i'm sure he's ready to take this
00:44:06through and not fade in the later rounds
00:44:10early in his career matched up with crafty veterans and experienced pros perhaps somewhat
00:44:15faded in some cases but got a lot of rounds in learned to go the distance picked up some tricks
00:44:21he's been brought along very well a lot of experience he's just 28
00:44:30on the title his first world title shot
00:44:34convincing unanimous decision over colleague raheely in raheely's backyard
00:44:42final seconds rounding
00:44:45mitchell landing with a combination
00:44:47but this kid saiz just stands right in there and continues to show tremendous courage
00:45:02gotta pick it up you let him hang around here okay you let him hang around
00:45:06blood coming from the left eye i believe is saiz but we're in the hometown area of the champion
00:45:13shambay mitchell at the washington convention
00:45:28come here give me your face
00:45:30the diamonds have a nick on it certainly got a swelling
00:45:43he just said to him you're losing
00:45:53you're losing
00:45:55now how in the world does that help a fight
00:45:59why don't you tell him what to do
00:46:01they have virtually no instruction i don't think i
00:46:04i think they've run out of conversation i mean what else he going to tell this guy to do now
00:46:08i think the score is probably also realistic that telling him to pick it up is basically telling
00:46:12him to do whatever he has to to try and win they realize the skills and the skill level are different
00:46:16yep there's there's nothing you can once you're out class like this there's nothing you can really
00:46:21say he's going to be in here for the beating for the whole way
00:46:23unless he gets lucky well meanwhile saiz landing with a straight left hand
00:46:27to the head of uh mitchell a cut was open under saiz left eye in round number eight you saw the blood
00:46:39but that's not going to stop this kid
00:46:41we're not showing the effects of the inactivity but there's a combination to the head by mitchell
00:47:00talking about saiz earlier hanging tough against the chat
00:47:04saiz doesn't waste a ton of energy comes in doesn't make too many big moves doesn't bounce around jump
00:47:09around pretty efficient with his energy but just doesn't throw quite enough punches to be effective
00:47:15against a guy like mitchell i think mitchell came in a little too over anxious here tonight to
00:47:21to do his thing in front of his hometown proud perhaps that has held him back somewhat also as we
00:47:28pointed out earlier the distractions of being at home you sometimes let down after you win the title
00:47:33no matter who you're putting put all that together and and as i is his name at the end of the hope
00:47:40just get a sarah
00:47:43and a tough game
00:47:44and
00:47:53smacking right half hook half uppercut by saiz to the chins
00:47:59so he's walking through a straight left hand and he's a rock
00:48:02and he's back on the ropes now
00:48:03not a good place to be once again you saw mitchell do that sort of diving into him with the right hook
00:48:11uppercut combination
00:48:17and hooks saiz after saiz walked away can he get something in the eye
00:48:44you know you know quite honestly he's got to protect himself at all times he's not allowed to
00:48:50turn and walk away from a fighter
00:49:01here's the doctor hey no more sportsmanship than that okay i understand that okay all right okay
00:49:08let's go dr william scrotnick uh saying he can fight and you heard kenny chevalier issue that
00:49:16sportsmanship warning to uh mitchell
00:49:23vicious set of right hooks by sean van mitchell
00:49:26i think what happens is that he's got punched in the eye and maybe his eyelashes couldn't he couldn't
00:49:29see but you can't just turn and walk away from the fight's either over or he's allowed to hit you
00:49:38you're throwing everything to the wind pedro you're throwing it all to the wind
00:49:49now you better get in there and take this guy out you're too far behind on rounds you understand me
00:49:54all right
00:50:05all right let's watch mitchell's right here what keep your eye on mitchell's right here
00:50:10nothing let's see scrape he hit him with the inside of his hook he tried he it was not a punch it was
00:50:16like it was like a scrape the hook didn't come all the way clean he kind of hit him with the laces
00:50:22but it's still technically not an illegal shot because he didn't lace him but you can't just
00:50:26turn around and walk away like that bobby i understand what you're saying earlier you're
00:50:30a fighter you understand you know it's instinctive but i didn't like what he did just now you know
00:50:35i know you didn't like what you did steve but you know just like you're playing golf it's a look
00:50:38at a rubber look at wherever the ball falls this is too bad the punch landed in the guy
00:50:43meanwhile a very angry saiz comes back with a fury here well in the corner they said that you're
00:50:47losing this every round and you've got to get a knockout and none is about go for it we're here
00:50:51go for everything well they're right about that so they sent him out to do it out here that's what
00:50:55they've done so he is a warrior type fighter there's no question he's come out he's come out to take
00:51:04his shot he said he wanted to wait till those last rounds and go after him because he didn't think
00:51:09he can fight in the last round he's taking wild swings he's going to leave himself open and mitchell's
00:51:13going to take advantage if he's yeah mitchell with a real solid left hand there he got him there
00:51:20saiz does appear to be a little physically stronger at this pace i assume at this point oh straight right
00:51:24hand by mitchell good counterpunch nice talking to saiz so he's issues a left that missed back comes
00:51:31another counter punch straight right hand by mitchell oh mitchell's pummeling him good shot by mitchell
00:51:38strong good shots by mitchell
00:51:48missing with the right hook mitchell you can almost see in mitchell's eyes where he's looking
00:51:53the time he's on the way in with that right hook bring it up from his hip to just turn it in
00:51:59but he's not been real effective with it in this round
00:52:07oh straight left hand right on the right jaw of mitchell by saiz and mitchell
00:52:12really showing a heck of a chin but there's not that much steam anymore to saiz but not that much
00:52:18it's going to go up the beginning of this round here in the zing room right there
00:52:24come on come on now i felt it come on come on up with that let's go
00:52:32mitchell looking to set up the straight left hand with the right jab but missing
00:52:49sometimes mitchell takes a little bit off his shots by being a little too much on his toes and not a
00:52:53little more flat-footed when he's swinging always on the move takes a little off the power
00:52:59mitchell's are spinning saiz around beautiful block of a punch by mitchell great defense and he comes
00:53:05back he's hurt to the body the ropes just kept him up he keeps touching his protectors if he's hurt
00:53:20there you see yep see how he does it they'll make it through round ten though oh a straight left hand
00:53:27by saiz just before the bell right on the face of mitchell
00:53:33and who would have thought we'd go in the round left
00:53:40the man on that big hand before he's going to the back
00:53:42who's going to answer the back he'll quit if you hit him in the belly
00:53:45he don't like it in the body he never done it for the first round
00:53:48okay
00:53:51i'm playing with this guy now don't make it harder than it is
00:53:53let's watch watch the body work of mitchell
00:54:10as he drives him in the rope see he doesn't pardon anything goes right to the body and that's
00:54:13bothers look at the way he kicked up his leg that's bothering him a great deal something is bothering
00:54:18in the uh left lower quadrant and they're around two nice exchanges of left hands first mitchell
00:54:27and he was counted by the same no ran left by saiz he left lower quadrant that's it right back
00:54:33into the emergency room pedro saiz while not winning many rounds is looking pretty good for
00:54:39someone who accepted the fight on short notice look how high they tilted his cup on that side
00:54:43when he got hit now that cup is tilted the other side has to be a whole lot lower his cup
00:54:48runneth over and this is a championship fight no less and in his corner samurai people said
00:54:55he keep hitting him to the stomach it doesn't like it there to which joe lewis used to say who do
00:55:02left hook there by saiz
00:55:09right there with the left this is saiz's first title about curiously he has
00:55:14one only one of his last four fights but he certainly is not intimidated by the hometown
00:55:20champion sean bay mitchell his stock goes up after this performance he's fought a good hard tough
00:55:25gritty fight for the entire 11 rounds so far his stock is up his right he's in the championship fight
00:55:32with a very good champion and he's held up as a see how he's holding up something's bothering him
00:55:37not only that but you know style make fights too sean bay much like zaiz is a shorter squatter guy not
00:55:43real beautiful shots by zaiz he's not a long rangey guy as was far as far as to keep him at bay
00:55:49hammer and not get hit sean bay when he hits him he's also in range well this has certainly turned out to be
00:55:55more than just an exhibition as i said it would be before the fight started
00:56:02and then there's a little mouse in his right eye you can see
00:56:08well he's going to feel the effects of this one later tonight and on into the days to come
00:56:15he has taken some pretty heavy leather from unheralded relatively unknown pedro saiz
00:56:25and so he's continues to hold up the cup i would really like to know what's bothering him
00:56:30probably out of place and very uncomfortable moving around in there
00:56:40not great when you have other things to worry about right instead of just a fighter in front of
00:56:44you ten rounds and change under their belts already starting to catch up with both of them just a little
00:56:48bit slowing down slightly understandable
00:57:00freak watch that head look come on nothing you heard mitchell say well he's ducking that's why
00:57:07he's ducking because you got your arms on the back of his head that's right he's always a reason
00:57:12well believe it or not gentlemen it's all it's legal to hit him on top of the head just not behind the head
00:57:19they all rabbit punch oh what he's talking about here though it's not a punch it's just leaning on
00:57:24on the bottom back of his head like pulling him down
00:57:38this is the 12th round
00:57:46act like a champ act like a champ last round i want you to touch the line
00:57:52i want you to touch the line
00:57:57i want you to touch the line
00:58:00i want you to touch the line
00:58:02i want you to touch the line
00:58:04yeah come here
00:58:06stay here right come here
00:58:11now look
00:58:14you get in there and you throw everything you've got don't waste time
00:58:17well this is something we never expected round 12 and i'll tell you what the crowd has not really
00:58:34been a factor here tonight it's a crowd that shambay mitchell told us was going to turn out and support him
00:58:41and i'm somewhat surprised round 12 the last round for the wba super lightweight championship of course
00:58:51saiz needs a spectacular finish here a knockout to win the fight nothing short of a knockout
00:58:57i mean you can knock the guy down 10 times it's not going to work with the score
00:59:03nothing but a knockout won't do and it doesn't look like you could buy one in all of washington dc
00:59:11well we must give him credit for hanging in there this long against the champion shambay
00:59:19mitchell a good quality fighter it's not just that he hung in steve he fired some great shots
00:59:24and overhand left some right hooks to the body he landed well on shambay and he never could tell if
00:59:30he had more power the results could be a little different and the other thing is he made shambay
00:59:35mitchell fight he made he made him fight his 100 fight he didn't come in there to phone this in
00:59:39and he had to go all out to beat this guy he fought hard he's beating him but he made him do it
00:59:46mitchell whatever reason perhaps underestimating saiz looking ahead combination to the head to the chin
00:59:53of saiz he's rock solid there i really don't think that shambay mitchell underestimated his eyes i think
00:59:59he trained that he did what he had to do i think that styles make fights and these styles match up to be
01:00:04were 10 times out of 10. so you chunk it up to the fact that saiz may have been a little awkward for
01:00:14mitchell very awkward with a pretty good chin because that was a great shot he just turned two shots
01:00:21two great shots oh there he goes he's right there saiz is all right
01:00:26all right i'm okay put a little mid-shift i'll leave shuffle
01:00:31remaining round 12 and saiz is paying a price now
01:00:42mitchell has 29 knockouts in his 43 wins
01:00:45little head thump they had something and mitchell just landed a resounding body shot right where the
01:00:53guy hurts mitchell wants to finish this guy i know he does he's doing a smart thing boxing moving using
01:00:59his legs not putting himself in harm's way it's 11 zip 10-1 if you're giving a round to saiz and
01:01:05there's no way you can lose a decision doesn't need to knock the man out
01:01:08outside final seconds in the final round come on come on shonbee mitchell at least from this vantage
01:01:21point firing a shutout but he did have some anxious moments and that is it
01:01:30not an overwhelming reaction from this crowd for shambay mitchell
01:01:41patami came in thinking that he was going to dispose of pedro saiz in the first or second
01:01:49round but saiz had other ideas we have a unanimous decision here the score totals
01:01:55judge at ringside hank mayer scores about 115 to 112 judge hubert earl scores about 119 to 107
01:02:05and judge at ringside paul artiste scores about 120 to 105 all three in favor of the winner
01:02:14and still wba super lightweight champion of the world the little big man shambay mitchell
01:02:24did he say 115 112 one guy was 115 112 the other two were the same as me 120 to 107
01:02:32now see now there's a reason the judge should definitely be investigated unbelievable so
01:02:38shambay mitchell makes his first defense of the wba super lightweight title but this
01:02:43not what he had in mind it wasn't convincing that's for sure
01:02:47weight title but this not what he had in mind
01:02:51it wasn't convincing that's for sure coming up next the main event hopkins versus allen for the
01:02:58ibf middleweight championship bernard hopkins makes his ninth title defense against number one contender
01:03:03robert allen in a rematch of a first fight that ended in extraordinary fashion
01:03:08we'll take you into the dressing room the number one contender former u.s marine robert allen told us the
01:03:18main reason for all the rough house stuff and fight one because hopkins who's taller leads with his head
01:03:23so allen has to take precautions of his own he can't wait for the ref that's why he ended up holding
01:03:29hopkins head down and it turns out to look like a wrestling match that the explanation given to us
01:03:35yesterday in our fighter meeting with robert allen
01:03:41he's getting ready for the rear with bernard hopkins over to jim gray jim
01:03:47all right thank you very much steve right now shambay is having his right hand taped up did you break your
01:03:52right hand in the fourth round um i don't know first of all i want to thank god for getting me
01:03:56and um um saiz through this fight you know safely and um what about your hand now i want to thank uh
01:04:02don king and debbie king and nathan peak man um for getting me you know this fight um i hurt my
01:04:09hand in like the fourth round man um throwing a hook he had a hard head um i tried to go down to the
01:04:14body he was blocking his body you know the body shots real good do you think you broke it um it may
01:04:19be it may just be fractured i don't know i think you know it this this broken hand and taking fights
01:04:24in two weeks is going throughout you know me and my stable mate had the same thing happen to us so
01:04:28i think it's running in our family shambay here's a man who hasn't won a fight in three years in fact
01:04:33he's only won one of his last five fights how did this go so long um i had two weeks to prepare um
01:04:39you know i needed the rounds i wanted to even see if i can go to rounds i wanted to knock him out but
01:04:43you know i wasn't going to rush it and i wasn't going to chance it um you know he put up a good fight
01:04:47the low blow in the seventh round tell us about it oh man hit me right right dead in the middle man
01:04:53and i went down it it seemed like you know my genesis went up up inside me here it is right
01:04:58here i know this has got to be painful to uh have happen and painful to watch but here it comes
01:05:03ah and it hurt believe me it hurt you know um i i've only been hit like that in the train and training
01:05:09and um you know it really got me seemed very susceptible tonight to getting hit by that left hand
01:05:14in fact he hit you repeatedly in your left eye um he hit me a couple of times a couple of times i
01:05:19was riding it um that's all i haven't fought a southpaw in a while like i said um i had like a
01:05:24week of training with a southpaw uh this time and you know i was um training with boxing with uh regular
01:05:31you know fighters since there's no clear path for you now in terms of your division 140 are you thinking
01:05:36about maybe the big money fights at 147 trinidad de la hoya some of those guys um i'm gonna stay at 140 i'm
01:05:42i'm making 140 comfortably um you know i want to get some of the titles i want to get the wbo title
01:05:47i want to get the wbc title and especially the ibf title um if i can if i can unify one of them i'll
01:05:53i'll surely move up i won't have no problem moving up sean bay congratulations thanks a lot
01:05:58all right let's send it back to you steve all right thank you very much
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